Safety Research Center: Published Work

Published Work

Part of what makes MEMIC successful in helping our policyholders to make their workplaces safer, is our passion for people and keeping them safe. Our passion is fueled by curiosity and our need for discovering how and why people get hurt then use that knowledge to create practical solutions for prevention.

By working together with our policyholders, we can observe, collect and analyze data that helps get to the root cause of injuries and to test prevention solutions in real-life scenarios. And because we are on a mission to ensure all workers go home safe at the end of their workday, we seek ways to share our knowledge and expertise through our Safety Net blog, Safety Experts podcast and through scholarly journals and trade publications.

Below is a list of published peer-reviewed articles either authored or co-authored by members of the MEMIC team. Click on the name of the MEMIC Safety Consultant to go to their bio.

Pieretti LF, Stanley R, Siegfried KV. “Relationship Analysis of Injured Workers' Average Weekly Wages and Workers' Compensation Indemnity Claims in Maine, US: 1998 to 2017.” Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine vol. 64, no. 5, 2022, pp. e345-e356.

Pieretti LF, Sylvester RA, Siegfried KV. “Medical Cost of Workers’ Compensation Claims Related to Patient Handling and Mobility Tasks Within Skilled Nursing Facilities, Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities: An Exploratory Analysis.” Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, vol. 62, no. 12, 2020, pp. 738-47.

Yamin SC, Parker DL, Xi M, Stanley R. ”Self-audit of lockout/tagout in manufacturing workplaces: A pilot study.” American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 2017.

Parker DL, Yamin SC, Xi M, Brosseau LM, Gordon R, Most IG, Stanley R. “Findings from the National Machine Guarding Program–A Small Business Intervention: Machine Safety.” Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, vol. 58, no. 9, 2016, pp. 885-91.

Parker DL, Yamin SC, Xi M, Brosseau LM, Gordon R, Most IG, Stanley R. “Findings from the National Machine Guarding Program: A Small Business Intervention: Lockout/Tagout.” Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, vol. 58, no.1, 2015, pp. 61-8.

Parker DL, Yamin SC, Brosseau LM, Xi M, Gordon R, Most IG, Stanley R. “National Machine Guarding Program: Part 2. Safety management in small metal fabrication enterprises.” American Journal of Industrial Medicine, vol. 58, no. 11, 2015, pp. 1184-93.

Parker DL, Yamin SC, Brosseau LM, Xi M, Gordon R, Most IG, Stanley R. “National Machine Guarding Program: Part 1. Machine safeguarding practices in small metal fabrication businesses.” American Journal of Industrial Medicine, vol. 58, no. 11, 2015, pp. 1174-83.

Wasserman DE, Hudock SD, Wasserman JF, Mullinix L, Wurzelbacher SJ, Siegfried KV. “Hand–arm vibration in a group of hand‐operated grinding tools.” Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries, February 2002, pp. 211-226.

Hudock SD, Wurzelbacher SK, Siegfried KV. “Interim Survey Report: Recommendations for Ergonomics Interventions for Ship Construction Processes at Bath Iron Works Corporation Shipyard, Bath, Maine.” National Institute for Occupational Health, Report EPHB 229-13b, July 2000.

Hudock SD, Wurzelbacher SJ, Reed LD, Hales TR, Siegfried KV. “A Precursor to Ergonomics Best Practices for the Shipyard Industries.” Journal of Ship Production, August 2001, vol 17(3), pp. 145–150.